Slate-style computers aren’t unusual – we’ve seen plenty of them this year, spurred on by iPad envy – but finding one up for sale is still relatively rare. Australian firm Pioneer Computers seem to have just that, though; their DreamBook ePad A10 is apparently available to order now, priced from AU$599 (US$512), running Windows 7 [...]
The Kawasaki and Mouri Laboratory at Gifu University in Japan are researching and developing a touch interface which, combined with 3D displays, could offer a new way to simulate the touching of objects. HIRO III is a haptic interface robot which can provide realistic kinesthetic sensations to the user’s hand and fingers, while the 3D [...]
Over 1 million of users have purchased and downloaded the MobiTV iPhone app, propelling it to number two on Apple’s Top Grossing apps list. The application (iTunes link), which was released in April 2010 and is only available to users in the United States, features live TV programming and video-on-demand content from every major network, [...]
We’re well halfway into 2010, but Hitachi has just announced their 2010 line of LCD HDTVs for those of us living Stateside. Hmmm, guess that there really isn’t much urgency to roll out a new model for the year, but hey, you can always look at it on the bright side that they are half [...]
Hitachi has been making HDTVs for a long time and many of its offerings are very good. The company has announced its new 2010 line of HDTVs with new LED backlit models and CCFL models as well. The new LED TVs are very thin at under 2-inches thick. All of the LED backlit versions are [...]
Good news, MOG fans. The online music streaming service, which allows users to listen to as many songs as they want for a flat monthly fee, has had its iPhone application approved by Apple after spending well over a month in App Store purgatory. The application isn’t available for the iPhone quite yet (MOG says [...]
Nokia’s latest touchscreen QWERTY monster – variously known as the N9 or as part of the company’s business-centric Eseries – has shown up in the wild, with Negri Electronics flaunting a hands-on demo with a prototype unit. Labelled as the C0-00, the smartphone has a similar profile to the N8 but of course accommodates that [...]
What is the Internet doing to our brain? According to Nicholas Carr, the author of the controversial The Shallows: What The Internet Is Doing To Our Brains, today’s always-on web is a perpetually distractive medium that is undermining our ability to think deep thoughts, read deep books and engage in deep conversations. So is Carr [...]
This is a good thing to remember, as long as your local Best Buy or electronics store doesn’t mind you plugging stuff into their sets. Just get a USB stick (or better, two or three) and fill it up with pictures that will show off the strengths and weaknesses of the displays you’re considering. It’s [...]
On the 5th floor of 36 Cooper Square, the Foursquare team works alongside Curbed and Hard Candy Shell. There are no offices in the cramped room, just rows of thin desks, monitors, a couch, a couple of classroom chairs stacked in the corner and a small conference room off to the side. At the center [...]